The client’s requirement was for a pavilion connected to the main historic house, with minimal visual interference with the surrounding parkland. The pavilion designed by act_romegialli houses an indoor pool and some space for fitness, service and leasure in a climate controlled space.The main house, an early 1900 liberty building had been renovated by the clients ten y...
The historic center of Milan stands out for its private courtyards with unsuspected urban landscapes. Inside the building complex formerly called Quarteriere Piave, near Porta Venezia, the young Milan-based studio LPzR has designed two residential projects set among historical buildings, typical Milanese tenements and refurbished factories.The architects addressed both ...
The clear volume of the house, designed by Hermansson Hiller Lundberg in Nacka, Sweden, gains a richness of expression through the development of a tectonic order of discreet buildings parts. These tectonics, however, are entirely rhetorical as they lie in the elaboration of reliefs in the plaster surface, and the actual construction is made of standard light-weight con...
Studio Raanan Stern architect redesigned a Bauhaus apartment in a residential building built in the 1930’s. The International Style building is located in the center of the Tel Aviv’s White City and in the last few years has gone through extensive restorations of its exterior. The division of the interior of the apartment was customized according to the occupant’s needs...
Set in a pastoral landscape of mature trees and gardens, the house acts a case study for testing several hypotheses. These span from interrogating the idea of the ‘domestic’ at the beginning of the twenty-first century, through to how sustainability might be integrated into high quality design without compromise. In addition, at a strategic urban scale it asks how a glo...
This main floor apartment refurbished by CAVAA arquitectes has an internal, quiet and isolated patio from the Poble Nou streets in Barcelona. CAVAA focus their efforts to transform the living room area and its relationship to the courtyard. From the earliest sketches, the patio was invited to come inside the house, giving value to the kitchen and all living spaces annex...
Apollo Architects were commissioned by a couple with profound knowledge of architectural design, who acquired a lot within a quiet residential area in Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa, to design their residence with a patio space. The contrast between the exterior wall covered with red cedar strip flooring pieces in dark brown color and the white volume stuck out at the second f...
Designed by TonTon-Group, 21 House is located in a new urban centre of Thanh Hóa province, which is a very sparsely populated area in Vietnam. The concept of the design was for a young family with their parents, and they wanted to have a new house of their own: “The open space inside but close space outside”.The house has three factors: natural lighting, ventilation and...
Susaloon is a minimal intervention in a domestic space developed by elii to convert Susana’s home into a flexible and transformable space. The project development comprises three simple strategies. The first one is an acupuncture operation to adapt the configuration of the space to the needs of its inhabitant, relocating certain household items to optimise the distribut...
The house is formed of three pure volumes extending along a rectangular plot that have moved to seek a precise relationship between inside layout and outside space. The building’s identity is founded on this interpenetration and can be read in both its layout and section. Three bays, defined by four parallel load-bearing walls, define the structure and layout, shifting ...
Studio Gil was commissioned by a private client to remodel, renovate, and extend a 1960s residential property originally designed by the Modernist architect, John Winter. The project is sited in a conservation area in Primrose Hill, London Borough of Camden.The existing internal spaces of the property were reconfigured to provide private spaces on the lower two floors a...
Designed by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects, the Courtyard House is located in a relaxed area where fields and farms are stretching. The west side of the site is visually connected to the distant hill, making the site look like the original Japanese landscape, together with the Torii gate and the approach to the adjacent shrine.Surrounded by such an environment, the hous...
The concept developed by OFIS Architects converts an old barn in Bohinj, Slovenia, into a loft apartment by leaving the original exterior appearance intact in contrast with creating a new internal wooden shell. Originally, the ground floor served as a stable and the upper level for drying and storing the hay and farm equipments. The existing ramp, which leads to the woo...
Designed by a21studio in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, for a family with seven children, the Saigon House references the former city of Saigon. “Saigon has altered beyond recognition and, for us, it is hard to call it “development”: it is, actually, a sequence of destructions. A destruction of culture, architecture values and, above all, of our memories of Saigon.” Explain ...
The first space is built around the central living area, with private spaces spiraling off of that main room. Tall ceilings make for an open atmosphere and light fixtures are kept close to the ceiling in a way that ensures the space does not become too closed off. The bedroom and guest room are both visible from the main living area through interior windows, with curtain...
An open floor plan is a trendy description when it comes to modern homes, but the spacious main living area here looks nearly timeless. A welcoming oatmeal colored sectional sofa offers the perfect place to collapse with friends. It melds and melts into the colors of the other pieces in the room, including a brownish grey area rug, a marble topped coffee table and simple...
It is not difficult to see the 1970’s influence in the harsh exterior of the home. Slate gray tiles and a low profile could easily be off putting. That’s why as part of the renovation, some walls were removed to make room for floor to ceiling glass, which makes both the interior and exterior more welcoming overall. Native plantings around the exterior also make for a m...
In true loft form, the main living area is completely open with easy movement from a fully outfitted modern kitchen space to a large living room and welcoming stylish entryway (complete with whimsical artwork/room divider). The polished concrete floors replaced older marble tile and give the room an instantly modern, industrial look. In addition to cats, the couple als...
The first room comes from architect Agnieszka Ufnal and takes its design inspiration from the hustle and bustle of New York City life, although in a serene way. The highly organized space, designed for a school-aged girl, uses swaths of bright yellow to create the kinetic feel of taxicabs in Times Square. When paired with simple line drawings and graphic wallpaper, the r...
Instead of ascending to the houses' private spaces, bedrooms are hidden in the hillside and covered with a roof that grows edible herbs. This Walker Workshop home may not be the Beverly Hills opulence that you would expect, but it has its own brand of spectacular. The house is situated on 3.5 acres, overlooking Oak Pass. The house itself measures 8000 square feet (743...
Measuring in at 65 square meters, this apartment may be small on footprint but large in style. The design choices throughout are bold and here, unlike the previous showcased space, exposed brick is just one of many visual design choices that seem to work together perfectly. The ceiling is the star in this room, with exposed beams of wood blending together with tubes ...
An icon of Greek post-war modern architecture, the Doxiadis building, having decayed during the last 20 years, finally came back to life through its conversion into a residential building. This conversion raises crucial questions about the notions of memory, preservation, integration into natural and built environments and innovation inspired by the potential of existin...
The first space uses cool, dark grays as its main color palette. The gray walls and furnitures meld with the dark exposed brick and hardwood flooring for a look that is decidedly dark but certainly not frightening. Instead, it has a certain stylish bachelor pad appeal with a few industrial notes for good measure. The next space also uses a good deal of gray, but the co...
The living room features a bespoke plywood table that can also perform duties as a workspace or a dining table. The space can easily go from work to play and back again, based on the design choices made. This cozy seating area is a welcome spot to just relax and reflect. There’s plenty of white multi-functional storage furniture to hide shoes, clothes, and even the...
The first space, from designers at Ando Studio, uses white to create a truly posh look. In contrast to white molded walls and linen sofas, are a few bold black stripes and of course some gilded accents. An ornate mirror, a silvery candlestick, and even a striking rusted gear art piece/conversation starter each create their own force fields of interest, adding their perso...
As part of the urban renewal of the Auvry Barbusse district, in the city of Aubervilliers, the construction company Bouygues Immobilier launched in January 2011, an architecture competition for the project management of 39 multi-family housings, three craftshops, and a carpark. The architects were given the constraint of using wood for the building structure and to team...
How do you create architectural quality and diversity within a large-scale building complex within a short timeframe (10 months of planning, 24 months of construction) and at a building cost of 1,450 € /m² inhabitable surface area, parking included? Following the client’s decision to use a “Design-build” procedure that corresponded to the cost and scheduling issues, we ...
“The great view and the light.” These two concepts should be compatible for a good house. However, Pangyo, the collective housing area, is composed only of functional logic to accommodate as many houses as it can. It has a closed view being next to other buildings in the south, while facing the north from which Cheonggyesan is seen. Therefore, this project had its funct...
Completed by Joris Verhoeven Architectuur, the Riel Estate House is located in a new residential development in the small Dutch village of Riel near Tilburg town. The property conforms with its archetypal main structure and materialization with the rural character of the village and the surrounding countryside; a main building with a lopsided gable roof, rural hand-moul...
Despite the narrow dimension of the plot – only 27.41 square meters – the architect created a house that maximises the space. The house is clad in vertical timber panels, and the use of wood continues inside for floors and ceilings giving the house a warm taste. Black painted metal defines windows, the entrance door and the stairs balaustrade. The program is distribute...
MAMM Design completed a renovation project of an apartment unit in a 30-years-old building for a family of 3 ladies, a mother and 2 daughters. Its wide frontage toward south was very attractive, but the existing plan was stereotypical one at the time of its completion in Japan, so the whole unit could not benefit from the wide frontage. Especially, the existing kitchen ...
For this house-in-a-backyard, otherwise known as an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), the architecture firm Waechter Architecture took Portland’s increased density movement and used it as an opportunity to explore housing iconography, sculptural forms, dual-purpose elements, and explore how to massage small space regulations in order to maximize useable space. Garden Hous...
Arcadia is a mythological place of peace and pastoral happiness, and one can find a Victorian villa named Arcadia in a tranquil street in the suburb of Paddington, on the city fringes of Sydney and walking distance from Centennial Park. This Gothic Revival villa is wedged between rows of terrace houses, hidden from the street, and by the happy accident of a Victorian la...
The building refurbished by Giuseppe Gurrieri and Valentina Giampiccolo is located in the upper section of the oldest part of Ragusa where longitudinal streets are running parallel at different levels, following the natural slope of the land and tied together by a criss-cross of steps. The current sequence of buildings is the result of combining or subdividing propertie...
The interior of the Skysphere relies on its 360-degree view of the surrounding area for the wow factor. Though Williams originally intended to included self-tinting window panes for privacy, curtains will have to do for now. The interior lights can change colors from red to green to white for a bit of extra fun as well as a spectacular display for anyone who happens by...
The round exterior, which offers 360 degree views of the surrounding property, sits on more than an acre of lush landscaping. The vibrant greens from carefully clipped shrubbery stand in contrast to the calm neutrals of the building materials. With 4 bedrooms and 5.25 baths, the house had been fully renovated while still staying to to its mid-century modern roots. The ...
